How many active SIM cards there are in the country. In many countries there are more of them than people.
The ranking uses the latest available value for each country — the year is shown in the row. The table spans 2004 to 2024.
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The scale does not start at zero — the values lie in a narrow range, and starting from zero the bars would be indistinguishable. The axis ticks are labeled.
| # | Year | Subregion | World rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
China
|
1.87B | 2024 | 1 | |
| 2 |
India
|
1.15B | 2024 | 2 | |
| 3 |
United States
|
391M | 2024 | 3 | |
| 4 |
Indonesia
|
347M | 2024 | 4 | |
| 5 |
Russia
|
270M | 2024 | 5 | |
| 6 |
Japan
|
222M | 2023 | 6 | |
| 7 |
Brazil
|
216M | 2024 | 7 | |
| 8 |
Pakistan
|
193M | 2024 | 8 | |
| 9 |
Bangladesh
|
188M | 2024 | 9 | |
| 10 |
Nigeria
|
165M | 2024 | 10 | |
| 11 |
Iran
|
159M | 2024 | 11 | |
| 12 |
Mexico
|
152M | 2024 | 12 | |
| 13 |
Philippines
|
134M | 2024 | 13 | |
| 14 |
Vietnam
|
129M | 2024 | 14 | |
| 15 |
Thailand
|
115M | 2024 | 15 | |
| 16 |
South Africa
|
115M | 2024 | 16 | |
| 17 |
Egypt
|
113M | 2024 | 17 | |
| 18 |
Germany
|
109M | 2024 | 18 | |
| 19 |
Türkiye
|
94.32M | 2024 | 19 | |
| 20 |
Colombia
|
92.07M | 2024 | 20 | |
| 21 |
South Korea
|
89.22M | 2024 | 21 | |
| 22 |
Tanzania
|
86.77M | 2024 | 22 | |
| 23 |
Ethiopia
|
85.95M | 2024 | 23 | |
| 24 |
United Kingdom
|
84.1M | 2024 | 24 | |
| 25 |
Italy
|
78.67M | 2024 | 25 | |
| 26 |
France
|
77.53M | 2023 | 26 | |
| 27 |
Kenya
|
71.38M | 2024 | 27 | |
| 28 |
Argentina
|
64.08M | 2024 | 28 | |
| 29 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
63.96M | 2024 | 29 | |
| 30 |
Spain
|
62.41M | 2024 | 30 | |
| 31 |
Myanmar
|
62.31M | 2024 | 31 | |
| 32 |
Côte d'Ivoire
|
58.72M | 2024 | 32 | |
| 33 |
Morocco
|
58.29M | 2024 | 33 | |
| 34 |
Saudi Arabia
|
54.18M | 2024 | 34 | |
| 35 |
Algeria
|
54.05M | 2024 | 35 | |
| 36 |
Poland
|
53.19M | 2024 | 36 | |
| 37 |
Ukraine
|
50.33M | 2023 | 37 | |
| 38 |
Malaysia
|
49.66M | 2024 | 38 | |
| 39 |
Iraq
|
46.08M | 2024 | 39 | |
| 40 |
Peru
|
42.64M | 2024 | 40 | |
| 41 |
Uganda
|
41.6M | 2024 | 41 | |
| 42 |
Uzbekistan
|
40.18M | 2024 | 42 | |
| 43 |
Ghana
|
39.13M | 2024 | 43 | |
| 44 |
Canada
|
37.4M | 2024 | 44 | |
| 45 |
Sudan
|
34.67M | 2022 | 45 | |
| 46 |
Cameroon
|
31.52M | 2024 | 46 | |
| 47 |
Sri Lanka
|
30.62M | 2024 | 47 | |
| 48 |
Australia
|
30.07M | 2024 | 48 | |
| 49 |
Nepal
|
29.61M | 2024 | 49 | |
| 50 |
Burkina Faso
|
27.46M | 2024 | 50 | |
| 51 |
Hong Kong
|
27.05M | 2024 | 51 | |
| 52 |
Angola
|
26.41M | 2024 | 52 | |
| 53 |
Chile
|
26.22M | 2024 | 53 | |
| 54 |
Kazakhstan
|
26.17M | 2024 | 54 | |
| 55 |
Mali
|
25.87M | 2022 | 55 | |
| 56 |
Afghanistan
|
25.63M | 2024 | 56 | |
| 57 |
Madagascar
|
23.54M | 2023 | 57 | |
| 58 |
Netherlands
|
23.43M | 2024 | 58 | |
| 59 |
Zambia
|
23.17M | 2024 | 59 | |
| 60 |
Senegal
|
22.92M | 2024 | 60 | |
| 61 |
Romania
|
22.78M | 2024 | 61 | |
| 62 |
United Arab Emirates
|
22.41M | 2024 | 62 | |
| 63 |
Guatemala
|
20.71M | 2024 | 63 | |
| 64 |
Cambodia
|
20.48M | 2024 | 64 | |
| 65 |
Venezuela
|
20.17M | 2024 | 65 | |
| 66 |
Yemen
|
20.05M | 2023 | 66 | |
| 67 |
Ecuador
|
18.43M | 2024 | 67 | |
| 68 |
Benin
|
18.21M | 2024 | 68 | |
| 69 |
Syria
|
17.57M | 2024 | 69 | |
| 70 |
Mozambique
|
17.14M | 2024 | 70 | |
| 71 |
Israel
|
16.65M | 2024 | 71 | |
| 72 |
Niger
|
16.38M | 2024 | 72 | |
| 73 |
Zimbabwe
|
15.68M | 2024 | 73 | |
| 74 |
Malawi
|
15M | 2024 | 74 | |
| 75 |
Sweden
|
14.92M | 2024 | 75 | |
| 76 |
Chad
|
14.8M | 2024 | 76 | |
| 77 |
Tunisia
|
14.44M | 2024 | 77 | |
| 78 |
Guinea
|
14.1M | 2023 | 78 | |
| 79 |
Libya
|
13.94M | 2022 | 79 | |
| 80 |
Czechia
|
13.59M | 2024 | 80 | |
| 81 |
Rwanda
|
13.29M | 2024 | 81 | |
| 82 |
Portugal
|
12.94M | 2024 | 82 | |
| 83 |
Belgium
|
12.2M | 2024 | 83 | |
| 84 |
Bolivia
|
12.17M | 2024 | 84 | |
| 85 |
Belarus
|
11.88M | 2024 | 85 | |
| 86 |
Switzerland
|
11.55M | 2024 | 86 | |
| 87 |
Greece
|
11.41M | 2024 | 87 | |
| 88 |
Austria
|
11.35M | 2024 | 88 | |
| 89 |
Azerbaijan
|
11.32M | 2024 | 89 | |
| 90 |
El Salvador
|
11.19M | 2024 | 90 | |
| 91 |
Dominican Republic
|
10.71M | 2024 | 91 | |
| 92 |
Hungary
|
10.12M | 2024 | 92 | |
| 93 |
Singapore
|
9.96M | 2024 | 93 | |
| 94 |
Somalia
|
9.91M | 2023 | 94 | |
| 95 |
Sierra Leone
|
8.93M | 2022 | 95 | |
| 96 |
Paraguay
|
8.67M | 2023 | 96 | |
| 97 |
Burundi
|
8.65M | 2023 | 97 | |
| 98 |
Serbia
|
8.18M | 2024 | 98 | |
| 99 |
Kuwait
|
8.11M | 2023 | 99 | |
| 100 |
Jordan
|
8.05M | 2024 | 100 | |
| 101 |
Cuba
|
8.01M | 2024 | 101 | |
| 102 |
Bulgaria
|
7.98M | 2024 | 102 | |
| 103 |
Tajikistan
|
7.92M | 2023 | 103 | |
| 104 |
Kyrgyzstan
|
7.72M | 2024 | 104 | |
| 105 |
Slovakia
|
7.71M | 2024 | 105 | |
| 106 |
Togo
|
7.69M | 2024 | 106 | |
| 107 |
Honduras
|
7.68M | 2024 | 107 | |
| 108 |
Denmark
|
7.57M | 2024 | 108 | |
| 109 |
Haiti
|
7.5M | 2022 | 109 | |
| 110 |
Nicaragua
|
7.33M | 2024 | 110 | |
| 111 |
Finland
|
7.07M | 2024 | 111 | |
| 112 |
Panama
|
6.98M | 2023 | 112 | |
| 113 |
Costa Rica
|
6.98M | 2024 | 113 | |
| 114 |
New Zealand
|
6.78M | 2024 | 114 | |
| 115 |
Oman
|
6.35M | 2024 | 115 | |
| 116 |
North Korea
|
6.35M | 2022 | 116 | |
| 117 |
Turkmenistan
|
6.25M | 2021 | 117 | |
| 118 |
Georgia
|
6.14M | 2024 | 118 | |
| 119 |
Norway
|
6.1M | 2024 | 119 | |
| 120 |
Republic of the Congo
|
6.05M | 2024 | 120 | |
| 121 |
Ireland
|
5.92M | 2024 | 121 | |
| 122 |
South Sudan
|
5.35M | 2023 | 122 | |
| 123 |
Fiji
|
5.33M | 2024 | 123 | |
| 124 |
Laos
|
4.96M | 2023 | 124 | |
| 125 |
Uruguay
|
4.93M | 2024 | 125 | |
| 126 |
Mongolia
|
4.89M | 2024 | 126 | |
| 127 |
Mauritania
|
4.76M | 2024 | 127 | |
| 128 |
Croatia
|
4.72M | 2024 | 128 | |
| 129 |
Qatar
|
4.68M | 2024 | 129 | |
| 130 |
Lebanon
|
4.25M | 2022 | 130 | |
| 131 |
Palestine
|
4.15M | 2023 | 131 | |
| 132 |
Botswana
|
4.13M | 2024 | 132 | |
| 133 |
Papua New Guinea
|
4.1M | 2024 | 133 | |
| 134 |
Puerto Rico
|
4.1M | 2024 | 134 | |
| 135 |
Armenia
|
4.01M | 2024 | 135 | |
| 136 |
Lithuania
|
3.97M | 2024 | 136 | |
| 137 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
3.84M | 2024 | 137 | |
| 138 |
Moldova
|
3.64M | 2024 | 138 | |
| 139 |
Gambia
|
3.48M | 2024 | 139 | |
| 140 |
Jamaica
|
3.34M | 2024 | 140 | |
| 141 |
Guinea-Bissau
|
3.24M | 2024 | 141 | |
| 142 |
Gabon
|
3.18M | 2024 | 142 | |
| 143 |
Slovenia
|
2.77M | 2024 | 143 | |
| 144 |
Namibia
|
2.58M | 2024 | 144 | |
| 145 |
Bahrain
|
2.56M | 2024 | 145 | |
| 146 |
Albania
|
2.49M | 2024 | 146 | |
| 147 |
Latvia
|
2.27M | 2024 | 147 | |
| 148 |
Mauritius
|
2.2M | 2024 | 148 | |
| 149 |
Estonia
|
2.06M | 2024 | 149 | |
| 150 |
Eritrea
|
2.02M | 2022 | 150 | |
| 151 |
Central African Republic
|
1.98M | 2022 | 151 | |
| 152 |
North Macedonia
|
1.98M | 2024 | 152 | |
| 153 |
Trinidad and Tobago
|
1.79M | 2024 | 153 | |
| 154 |
Eswatini
|
1.74M | 2024 | 154 | |
| 155 |
Liberia
|
1.72M | 2022 | 155 | |
| 156 |
Lesotho
|
1.64M | 2024 | 156 | |
| 157 |
Timor-Leste
|
1.63M | 2024 | 157 | |
| 158 |
Cyprus
|
1.51M | 2024 | 158 | |
| 159 |
Macao
|
1.45M | 2024 | 159 | |
| 160 |
Montenegro
|
1.42M | 2024 | 160 | |
| 161 |
Luxembourg
|
960,900 | 2023 | 161 | |
| 162 |
Comoros
|
934,198 | 2023 | 162 | |
| 163 |
Guyana
|
924,876 | 2022 | 163 | |
| 164 |
Suriname
|
901,670 | 2024 | 164 | |
| 165 |
Equatorial Guinea
|
893,441 | 2022 | 165 | |
| 166 |
Bhutan
|
789,606 | 2024 | 166 | |
| 167 |
Maldives
|
781,866 | 2024 | 167 | |
| 168 |
Malta
|
766,620 | 2024 | 168 | |
| 169 |
Kosovo
|
593,382 | 2022 | 169 | |
| 170 |
Cabo Verde
|
587,026 | 2024 | 170 | |
| 171 |
Djibouti
|
558,607 | 2023 | 171 | |
| 172 |
Brunei Darussalam
|
546,615 | 2024 | 172 | |
| 173 |
Solomon Islands
|
484,835 | 2022 | 173 | |
| 174 |
Iceland
|
475,724 | 2024 | 174 | |
| 175 |
Bahamas
|
387,960 | 2024 | 175 | |
| 176 |
French Polynesia
|
333,905 | 2023 | 176 | |
| 177 |
Barbados
|
323,482 | 2022 | 177 | |
| 178 |
Vanuatu
|
286,107 | 2023 | 178 | |
| 179 |
Belize
|
270,536 | 2022 | 179 | |
| 180 |
New Caledonia
|
263,224 | 2022 | 180 | |
| 181 |
Antigua and Barbuda
|
186,182 | 2022 | 181 | |
| 182 |
Saint Lucia
|
176,399 | 2022 | 182 | |
| 183 |
Curaçao
|
173,926 | 2023 | 183 | |
| 184 |
Seychelles
|
163,827 | 2024 | 184 | |
| 185 |
Sao Tome and Principe
|
147,061 | 2024 | 185 | |
| 186 |
Aruba
|
140,815 | 2022 | 186 | |
| 187 |
Samoa
|
134,320 | 2022 | 187 | |
| 188 |
Andorra
|
127,571 | 2024 | 188 | |
| 189 |
Grenada
|
111,955 | 2022 | 189 | |
| 190 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
109,022 | 2024 | 190 | |
| 191 |
Cayman Islands
|
99,737 | 2022 | 191 | |
| 192 |
Guam
|
98,000 | 2004 | 192 | |
| 193 |
Sint Maarten
|
86,542 | 2022 | 193 | |
| 194 |
United States Virgin Islands
|
79,121 | 2022 | 194 | |
| 195 |
Kiribati
|
72,000 | 2024 | 195 | |
| 196 |
Greenland
|
66,425 | 2022 | 196 | |
| 197 |
Tonga
|
64,838 | 2022 | 197 | |
| 198 |
Bermuda
|
62,488 | 2024 | 198 | |
| 199 |
Faroe Islands
|
57,146 | 2022 | 199 | |
| 200 |
Dominica
|
56,929 | 2022 | 200 | |
| 201 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
55,592 | 2023 | 201 | |
| 202 |
Liechtenstein
|
51,393 | 2024 | 202 | |
| 203 |
Monaco
|
41,490 | 2024 | 203 | |
| 204 |
San Marino
|
41,000 | 2022 | 204 | |
| 205 |
British Virgin Islands
|
36,760 | 2024 | 205 | |
| 206 |
Gibraltar
|
36,708 | 2022 | 206 | |
| 207 |
Turks and Caicos Islands
|
25,085 | 2004 | 207 | |
| 208 |
Palau
|
24,000 | 2023 | 208 | |
| 209 |
Micronesia
|
22,410 | 2022 | 209 | |
| 210 |
Northern Mariana Islands
|
20,474 | 2004 | 210 | |
| 211 |
Marshall Islands
|
15,913 | 2022 | 211 | |
| 212 |
Nauru
|
10,287 | 2022 | 212 | |
| 213 |
Tuvalu
|
9,878 | 2022 | 213 | |
| 214 |
American Samoa
|
2,250 | 2004 | 214 |
The number of active mobile cellular subscriptions. Subscriptions are counted, not people: one person can hold several SIM cards, and in countries where calls within a network are cheaper than calls between networks this is ordinary practice. That is exactly why the same indicator per hundred people in this catalog often runs above a hundred and fifty, and why the absolute series is easier to read: it speaks of the size of the market, not of the penetration of service.
Important: Subscriptions, not subscribers. Machine-to-machine connections — meters, cars, sensors — are counted differently from country to country.
The number of mobile subscriptions per 100 people — often more than 100.
Internet 1998–2025 Number of fixed broadband subscriptionsHow many fixed broadband internet subscriptions there are in the country.
Internet 1990–2025 Internet usersThe share of the population that uses the internet.
Internet 1998–2025 Fixed broadband internetThe number of fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people.
Internet 1960–2025 Fixed telephone linesThe number of fixed telephone lines per 100 people — a vanishing technology.
Internet 2010–2024 Secure internet serversThe number of servers with TLS/SSL certificates per million people.